Coral Reefs

Jason Chin is interweaves the reader into his narrative nonfiction, Coral Reefs. As the characters move into the setting of the coral reefs, so do you.

• Building Background Knowledge – Science: Food chains, vocabulary
  • Builds curiosity to research and learn more
• Setting – the young girl is whisked away from the library into a magical place
  • Even the ending leads you into another story
• Illustrations – captures the mind of the reader
  • Teaches visualization
  • Connecting to the science text of facts through a narrative-like feel
• Close Reading – web
  • Read and reread to understand how nature works together, predator and prey, environment and adaptations, partnerships
• Author’s Note – where he gathered his ideas
  • Importance of research
  • Persuading the reader to take action to help coral reefs